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3.27.26

Innovative research in programmable quantum materials earns top recognition

3.24.26

WashU researchers use quantum biosensors to peer into the inner workings of living cells
3.16.26

Earth made its own nuclear reactor—2 billion years ago
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3.12.26

Ye Jin Han wins 2nd place at the 31st Annual Graduate Research Symposium in the Science & Math division

GPSC
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3.9.26

Ran and Mukherji promoted with tenure

3.2.26

Nobel laureate Andrea Ghez to deliver the 2026 McDonnell Distinguished Lectures
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2.27.26

Fact or Fiction: Stranger Things Edition with Trevor GrandPre

2.25.26

Making sense of quantum breakthroughs
2.13.26

PUEO's Antarctic flight advances neutrino research
2.12.26

WashU theorists help explain newly imaged quantum potential landscapes

2.3.26

Chuanwei Zhang named co-director of Center for Quantum Leaps
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2.2.26

A day in the life of physics graduate student Mary Iskakova

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